The Babylonian World (Routledge Worlds)

cuneiform: tablets 1 , 54 ; writing 95 , 194 ,
256 , 274 , 320 , 365 , 369 , 419 , 434 – 45 ,
448 , 453 , 455 , 456 , 467 , 473 , 481 , 489 ,
499 , 512 , 517 , 535
curses 168 , 281 , 344 , 373
Cutha 531 , 543
Cuthean Legend of Naram-Sin 475
cylinder seals 5 , 95 – 121 , 256 , 349 , 434 ,
518 , 520
Cyprus 126 , 127
Cyrus the Great 116 , 274 , 556 , 565 , 571

Dadusha 281
Damgalnuna 328
Darius I 116 , 120 , 129 , 499 , 565 , 568 ,
571 , 572 – 3
Darius II 568 – 9
‘Dark Age’ 25 , 211 , 219
date palms 2 , 83 ; cultivation 191 – 2 , 225 ,
229 , 241 , 244 , 295 ; gardens/groves 225 ,
227
dates (fruit) 172 , 177 , 178 , 202 , 231 , 238 ,
257 , 516
‘Debate between the Hoe and the Plow’ 18 ,
60
‘Debate between Winter and Summer’ 18
debt 204 , 205 , 207 , 240 , 241 , 259
deportations 297 , 532
Der 45 , 519 , 530
‘Descent of Ishtar (Inanna)’ 332 , 335 ,
450
‘Diagnostic Handbook’ 393
Dilbat 67 , 70 , 204 , 205 , 226 , 323
Dilmun 126 – 8 , 133 , 151 , 201 , 212
Dingirmah 324
disease 367 , 373 , 376 – 9 , 480 , 514
distaffs 146
divination 7 , 104 , 361 – 71 , 447 , 463 ,
481
diviners 8 , 269 , 299 , 353 , 364 , 366 – 41 ,
463 , 476 – 86
divorce 302 , 310
Diyala river 497 – 8 ; valley 15 , 87 , 202 , 211 ,
217 , 293
dockets 101 ; of animals and plants 54
donkeys 59 , 192 , 257
dowries 173 , 238 – 9 , 244 – 5 , 301 – 2
drainage and drains 71 , 72
dreams 322 , 362

Drehem (ancient Puzrish-Dagan) 145 dress

seeclothing

drink 5 , 171 – 82 , 376

ducks 192

Dumuzi 18 , 143 , 303 , 308 , 324 , 338 – 9 ,

340 – 1 , 344 – 5

‘Dumizi and Enkimdu’ 142 – 3

Dur-Kurigalzu 147 , 150 , 519

Dur-Sharrukin 538

Dur-Yahdun-Lim 45

dyes and dyeing 150

Ea 163 , 342 , 349 , 352 , 356 , 378 , 382 – 4 ,

390 , 392 , 476 , 477 , 479

Eanna 69 , 116 , 226 , 342 , 343

Ean(n)atum 20 , 259

Early Dynastic period 6 , 17 , 251 – 9 , 348

Ebabbar 70 , 83 , 84 , 116 , 226 , 229 , 478

Ebla 151 , 259 , 490 , 498

ebony 133 , 296

Ecbatana see Hamadan

eclipses 364 , 460 , 466

economic texts 54

economy 187 – 95 , 210 – 21 , 224 – 33 ,

276 – 86 ; palace 191

ecstatics 362 , 378

edicts 191 , 204 , 207 , 281 , 284 , 566 ;

of Ammisaduqa 220

Edublalmah 89

Eduranki 323

eggs 178 , 179

Egibi family 6 , 116 , 236 – 46 , 307 , 308

Egypt 9 , 54 , 129 , 147 , 295 , 437 , 468 ,

487 – 501 , 507 – 9 , 517 , 520 , 528 , 539 ,

546 , 547 , 550 , 562 , 565 , 567 , 568 ,

570

Ekallatu(m) 528

Ekur 322 , 383 , 421 , 449 , 537

Elam 3 , 23 , 128 , 129 , 146 , 163 , 211 , 213 ,

460 , 495 – 6 , 500 – 1 , 533 , 562

Elamites 26 , 157 , 279 , 296 , 297 , 349 , 530 ,

533 , 573

elites 6 , 22 , 26 , 174 , 191 , 195 , 215 , 217 ,

218 , 221 , 255 – 7 , 276 , 284 , 305 , 319 ,

373 , 458 , 535 , 536 , 538 , 567 , 568 ,

569

Ellil-kudurri-usur 530

Emar (modern Meskene) 47 , 212 , 437 , 518 ,

520

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